Port St. Lucie police want to know why plane flew so close to baseball fans

Port St. Lucie police want to know why plane flew so close to baseball fans

Incident happened on St. Patrick's Day

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Updated: 6:13 PM EDT Mar 23, 2017

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WEBVTT Y HAVE FLOWN THEIR PLANEMUCH TOO CLOSE TO FIRST DATAFIELD.ANGELA ROZIER HAS MORE ON THEINVESTIGATION.ANGELA: PORT ST. LUCIE POLICEARE ASKING ANYONE WHO WAS AT THEFIELD, IF YOU TOOK A PHOTO ORHAVE VIDEO TO CONTACTDETECTIVES.THE GAME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WASFRIDAY, MARCH 17.POLICE SAY AN AIRPLANE BUZZEDTHE FIRST DATA FIELD HERE IN ST.LUCIE WEST JUST PRIOR TO THESTART OF THE GAME.THEY SAY THE PLANE WAS ABOUT 1FEET FROM THE GROUND, AND POLICEWANT TO KNOW WHY AND WHO WASFLYING.>> IT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE THEYWERE FLYING REALLY CLOSE TO THESTADIUM AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYINTELLIGENCE TO BELIEVE IT WASANYTHING OTHER THAN A PLANE JUSTGOT TOO CLOSE TO THE STADIUM BUTWE WANT TO MAKE SURE.FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTSAND FOR THE SAFETY TO THEPATRONS WHO GO TO THE BASEBALLGAMES.ANGELA: THIS IS WHAT THE PLANELOOKED LIKE.IT'S DESCRIBED AS A SMALL WHITESINGLE PROPELLER PLANE.POLICE SAY THEY'RE CONTACTINGTHE FAA AND OTHER AIRPORTS INTHE AREA TO TRY AND LEARN THEMORE.>> WE DON'T HAVE ANYINTELLIGENCE TO SAY THAT IT WASTERROR-RELATED OR ANYTHING LIKETHAT BUT WE ARE CURIOUS AND I DOWANT TO KNOW, AND I KNOW THATFROM OUR SIDE THERE'S NOWCRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, IT'SJUST INTELLIGENCE TO SEE WHO ITWAS. ANGELA: AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE

Port St. Lucie police want to know why plane flew so close to baseball fans

"It's a concern because they were flying really close to the stadium and we don't we don't have any intelligence to believe it was anything other than a plane just got to close to the stadium but we want to make sure. You know for the safety of our residents and for the safety to the patrons who go to the baseball games," said Sabol.

The plane is described as a small white single propeller plane.

Police said they're contacting the FAA and other airports in the area to try and learn the more.

"We don't have any intelligence to say that it was terror related or anything like that but we are curious and I do want to know and I know that from our side there's now criminal investigation it's just intelligence to see who it was," said Sabol.